Microsoft is publishing 114 vulnerabilities this January 2026 Patch Tuesday. Today’s menu includes just one vulnerability marked as exploited in the wild, as well as two vulnerabilities where Microsoft is aware of public disclosure. There are no critical remote code execution or elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.
So far this month, Microsoft has already provided patches to address one browser vulnerability and around a dozen vulnerabilities in open source products, which are not included in the Patch Tuesday count above.
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Source: Rapid7
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